Launched from an escape pod by the hands of her desperate mother and queen of the Kiran kingdom in attempts to save her only child from an approaching war, our protagonist Saphora finds herself on Earth, plagued with amnesia. Taken in by an ordinary woman, Saphora attends therapy in attempts to regain her memory. All while constantly discovering new abilities. But she wasn’t the only one to visit Earth. A man has been sent from the enemy lines to assassinate Saphora while she is vulnerable. But handicapped as she is, she fights back, learning that she is the only thing standing in the way of the kingdom falling. With the costs mounting, can Saphora find a way to save the planet that fostered her and her kingdom?

Submitted:Apr 7, 2014
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How many of you love the nostalgia of a good fantasy or science
fiction novel? I mean the first one you grab when it's raining,
you've just made yourself your favorite flavor of tea or coffee,
and you're in your favorite area of the house. You're relaxed,
you're comfortable, and you're ready to dive right into the vast
world of imagination.

Well, this is the book for you. Jaz Johnson has created a world
that can't be ignored. Or fully explained in just one book. She
has published the first book of her action-packed, heart-felt
trilogy. It's got everything you could ask for. Characters you
love, characters you hate, characters you hate to love, and love
to hate. There is life, there is death, and there's everything in
between and even beyond in some cases.

This female protagonist (Saphora), who is plagued with amnesia
when crash landing on Earth at a young age, must go through her
life as an ordinary human being. Only she's anything but. After a
sibling rivalry broke out into full blown war, the queen of the
Kiran Kingdom has no choice but to send her little one away with
her guardian - a whole nother area that is just freaking awesome.

Guardians are a vast majority of species on this other planet
(Athena). They range from dragons, to drakons, to tusk-bearing
lions, to huge deer, to phoenixes, to monstrous serpents, to tiny
house mice, to giant tortoises. Each person, if born with power
(I'm guessing), connect with a guardian when they've reached
certain potential. (I'm dying to find out more about them in the
second book) Anyway once they connect they can alter their forms
to be more human looking, allowing them to walk among people and
fight along side their companions in different ways. (Makes for
amazing fighting scenes. She does a great job with description.)

She's even managed to comfortably fit some romance in there! And
not so much that it's like "Oh god, they're going to make out
every time they see each other". But enough to keep you
interested in the actual storyline as well as their relationship.
I see it all the time, stories getting too wrapped up in the
romance aspect an forget they're writing a fantasy/scifi and not
an erotica. But this is actually fairly balanced.

Look, I could go on about this for ages, but you'll never really
know until you read it yourself. So go check out Saphora vol. 1
Retention and see for yourself. Get ready for nostalgia.